{"name":"preloadCamera","operator":null,"title":"preloadCamera","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/preloadCamera","revid":377505,"updated":"2026-01-02T06:50:05Z","groups":["Camera Control"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"ofpe","name":"Operation Flashpoint: Elite","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma1","name":"Armed Assault","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.50"},{"game":"tkoh","name":"Take On Helicopters","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"ofpe","name":"Operation Flashpoint: Elite","version":"1.00"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Preload all textures and models around given Position to avoid visual artifacts after camera is moved.\n\nShould be used before any abrupt camera change/cut.\n\nReturns true once all data is ready. See camPreload for alternative, more flexible camera preloading.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"preloadCamera position","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"position","type":"Position","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Position"],"since":null,"text":"position: Position"}],"returns":{"type":"Boolean","types":["Boolean"],"description":null,"text":"Boolean"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"position","types":["Position"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nwaitUntil { preloadCamera markerPos \"cam_location_2\" };\n```","code":["waitUntil { preloadCamera markerPos \"cam_location_2\" };"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["camPreload","camPreloaded"],"notes":[],"categories":["ArmA: Armed Assault: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Camera Control","Introduced with Operation Flashpoint: Elite version 1.00","Operation Flashpoint: Elite: New Scripting Commands","Operation Flashpoint: Elite: Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands","Take On Helicopters: Scripting Commands"]}